The Philosopher's Stone: Spiritual Alchemy, Psychology, and Ritual Magic

Israel Regardie · Sandra Tabatha Cicero

Jan 2013 · Llewellyn Worldwide

About this ebook

A new edition of Regardie's classic text

In the mid-1930s, Israel Regardie had an insight into understanding alchemical writings. The result was The Philosopher's Stone, where he analyzed three 17th-century alchemical works symbolically, psychologically, and via magickal energy.

Now, famed occultists Chic and Tabatha Cicero bring this book into the 21st century. The original is completely reproduced here. The Hebrew transliterations have been updated with modern styles and the text is fully annotated and explained. Added are these new features:

• New introduction
• New illustrations
• Biographical dictionary
• Glossary
• Resource list
• Bibliography
• Index
• Plus, six new original articles
  • "The Spiritual Alchemy of the Golden Dawn," by Chic Cicero
  • "Intro to Alchemy: A Golden Dawn Perspective," by Mark Stavish
  • "Basic Alchemy for the Golden Dawn" and "Golden Dawn Ritual Method and Alchemy," by Samuel Scarborough
  • "The Elixir of the Sun," by Steven Marshall
  • "Solve Et Coagula: The Wedding of Sol and Luna," by the Ciceros

About the author

Francis I. Regardie, born in London, England, November 17, 1907; died in Sedona, Arizona, March 10, 1985. Came to the United States in August 1921, educated in Washington D.C. and studied art in school in Washington and Philadelphia. Returned to Europe in 1928 at the invitation of Aleister Crowley to work as his secretary and study with him. Returned to London as secretary to Thomas Burke 1932-34, and during that time wrote A Garden of Pomegranatesand The Tree of Life. In 1934 he was invited to join the Order of the Golden Dawn, Stella Matutina Temple, during which time he wrote The Middle Pillarand The Art of True Healing, and did the basic work for The Philosopher's Stone. Returning to the United States in 1937 he entered Chiropractic College in New York, Graduating in 1941, and published The Golden Dawn. Served in the U.S. Army 1942-1945, and then moved to Los Angeles where he opened a chiropractic practice and taught psychiatry. Upon retirement in 1981, he moved to Sedona. During his lifetime, he studied psychoanalysis with Dr. E. Clegg and Dr. J. L. Bendit, and later studied psychotherapy under Dr. Nandor Fodor. His training encompassed Freudian, Jungian and Reichian methods.